160
160
Aug 5, 2012
08/12
by
WMPT
tv
eye 160
favorite 0
quote 0
michael waldman has been the president of the brennan center for justice since 2005. during the clinton administration, he was a special assistant to the president and a top white house policy aide on campaign finance reform. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> nice to be here. >> so, michael, if there is so little fraud in federal elections, why is there such a fuss over voter id? >> it's a great question. in a way, this debate over who can vote and how we vote, it goes to the heart of american history. we've been fighting over this question of how we run our democracy since the beginning. and the country was premised on this vision in the declaration of independence that all men are created equal. and we've been trying to live up to that notion of political equality ever since. but all of a sudden, starting in january of 2011, you saw states across the country, about 20 states now passed a variety of laws making it harder for people to vote. you saw them repeal election day registration in maine, which people love. they can show up and vote. you saw in florida the
michael waldman has been the president of the brennan center for justice since 2005. during the clinton administration, he was a special assistant to the president and a top white house policy aide on campaign finance reform. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> nice to be here. >> so, michael, if there is so little fraud in federal elections, why is there such a fuss over voter id? >> it's a great question. in a way, this debate over who can vote and how we vote, it...
122
122
Jan 18, 2012
01/12
by
KQEH
tv
eye 122
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> that was of course was michael douglas as the wheeler-dealer gordon gekko, responding to his proteje played by charlie sheen in the movie "wall street," the 25 years ago. back in the late '80s, the director oliver stone, himself the son of stock broker, saw something happened before it reached the mainstream. before the rest of us knew what hit us. that little speech about the richest 1% of the demise of democracy proved to be prophetic. flesh and blood americans are living now every day with the consequences -- >> my name is amanda greubel. i am 32 years old, born and raised in iowa. i've been married for ten years today to my high school sweetheart, josh. he's the high school band director of the same district where i am the family resource center director. we have a five-year old son benen, and our second child on the way in december, like a lot of american families we have a lot of debt. mortgage, two vehicle, and because we both have master's degrees a lot of student loan debt. >> amanda was invited to testify last summeralt a senate hearing on how americans are coping in hard t
. >> that was of course was michael douglas as the wheeler-dealer gordon gekko, responding to his proteje played by charlie sheen in the movie "wall street," the 25 years ago. back in the late '80s, the director oliver stone, himself the son of stock broker, saw something happened before it reached the mainstream. before the rest of us knew what hit us. that little speech about the richest 1% of the demise of democracy proved to be prophetic. flesh and blood americans are living...
132
132
Dec 17, 2012
12/12
by
KQED
tv
eye 132
favorite 0
quote 0
one is an unjustly obscure economist named michael jensen wrote some very important papers in the '80s explaining, basically, that the only responsibility that a corporate executive had was to maximize profits. that anything else, any responsibility to the workers, any responsibility to the communities was nothing. the way he helped the nation, the way he helped everybody in a sort of adam smithian view was to just relentlessly raise corporate profits. and then secondly, unfortunately, i think bill clinton had something to do with this. remember, in the 1993 budget deal, he had a provision that capped the deduction for corporate executive pay at a million dollars. so what happened is this created new methods of corporate, of compensation that involved stock options. because incentive-based pay was not covered by the provision. so all of a sudden these guys who used to pay themselves a couple million dollars a year, they're paying themselves gazillions of stock options. and all of a sudden, the jensen theory of maximizing corporate profits meant that it went directly to their bottom lin
one is an unjustly obscure economist named michael jensen wrote some very important papers in the '80s explaining, basically, that the only responsibility that a corporate executive had was to maximize profits. that anything else, any responsibility to the workers, any responsibility to the communities was nothing. the way he helped the nation, the way he helped everybody in a sort of adam smithian view was to just relentlessly raise corporate profits. and then secondly, unfortunately, i think...
88
88
Nov 14, 2012
11/12
by
KQEH
tv
eye 88
favorite 0
quote 0
george will, michael barone, dick morris all predicted a landslide for romney. are any of them likely to pay for being wrong? >> that's the why bookies are sort of morally preferable for pundits. the bookies have to pay. and i guess i have been heartened, i was heartened by at least the initial reaction in right wing pundit world, that some of them seemed shell-shocked, as opposed to being in denial and saying, the election, the win for the progressive side generally seemed to be so profound, that they were able to kind of move beyond what they would've preferred to say, which i think somehow this is all a fraud. somehow it didn't really happen. so, we'll see if they pay, including karl rove with his consultant fees. >> you were candid over the three years of the obama administration about his weaknesses, his failures and his flaws. but a few months ago, you wrote that you saw obama improving and you thought he would be a better second term president. why? >> part of my argument is that everybody fails in the first term as president because it's too big a job. a
george will, michael barone, dick morris all predicted a landslide for romney. are any of them likely to pay for being wrong? >> that's the why bookies are sort of morally preferable for pundits. the bookies have to pay. and i guess i have been heartened, i was heartened by at least the initial reaction in right wing pundit world, that some of them seemed shell-shocked, as opposed to being in denial and saying, the election, the win for the progressive side generally seemed to be so...
118
118
Apr 8, 2012
04/12
by
WMPT
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> let me play you one thing that a republican congressman michael grimm said. >> i think the volcker rule's a terrible idea. and i think it should be repealed. proprietary trading. you know, as we just heard, was not a driving cause in the financial crisis and this rule, i think, is going to do little more than add needless costs and complexity to an untold number of financial transactions. so with that being said, it's my opinion that the regulators have also been a bit overzealous in proposing the rule and somehow found a way to take an -- you know, with -- through incredibly creative ways, actually, to make a terrible rule even worse. >> what do you think? >> well, i don't know anything about representative grimm's background. maybe he's a financial expert. maybe he isn't. but i think obviously he's totally wrong. >> but wall street argues that the rule would raise costs. and the office of the comptroller of the currency has said compliance and capital costs alone could reach one billion dollars a year. >> costs, actual costs, no. it's not-- you have to make some weird assumptions
. >> let me play you one thing that a republican congressman michael grimm said. >> i think the volcker rule's a terrible idea. and i think it should be repealed. proprietary trading. you know, as we just heard, was not a driving cause in the financial crisis and this rule, i think, is going to do little more than add needless costs and complexity to an untold number of financial transactions. so with that being said, it's my opinion that the regulators have also been a bit...
143
143
Jul 23, 2012
07/12
by
WETA
tv
eye 143
favorite 0
quote 0
with the michael red cloud's story, a story about his drug dealing days, making big money, partying, having women with him at all times. now, he wasn't necessarily pleased with how he'd lived his past life, he wasn't. justo me, the idet is present the complete human being. you know, he's a real person. i was moved by his story, or i saw the changes that he made through his story. and then you see the hard things in the context of his upbringing, in the context of what was around him, in the context of what he learned from people around him. you see the commonalities between people who have nothing around them but despair. they are born into a context which simply doesn't provide them opportunities or even the thought of opportunities. to me, it's incumbent upon the journalist to go and see for himself or herself what's actually going on. journalism to me isn't like a tennis match, where you're just watching the ball, and each side is hitting it, hitting it back and forth to each other. at some point, you have to arrest where the ball is, and that's where truth is, you know? and like
with the michael red cloud's story, a story about his drug dealing days, making big money, partying, having women with him at all times. now, he wasn't necessarily pleased with how he'd lived his past life, he wasn't. justo me, the idet is present the complete human being. you know, he's a real person. i was moved by his story, or i saw the changes that he made through his story. and then you see the hard things in the context of his upbringing, in the context of what was around him, in the...
99
99
Jun 11, 2012
06/12
by
KQEH
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
excuse me for interrupting, michael. do excuse me. i wonder whether you might fancy a cigarette? marc, a cigarette? but "navy cut"? i never did smoke those. - you don't smoke? - very strong cigarettes. you shouldn't be holding them. - filterless. - oh! not these ones. excellent, isn't it? in fact actually if you look at this, it borrows that navy cut look, but in fact actually this is a german toy, made in the first quarter of the 20th century, and in fact actually if you look at the writing on it as well-- "manufactured from walker & sons." - oh yes. - they didn't quite get that right really, did they? - it wasn't perfect grammar but-- - let's see it again. just a gay-- it's just a bit of fun, isn't it? i think it's absolutely wonderful. it's kind of one of those rare survivors that would have cost nothing when it was made, and look at it now. it's survived in someone's drawer. what's it worth? £10. but it's worth every bit of £10, isn't it? yes.
excuse me for interrupting, michael. do excuse me. i wonder whether you might fancy a cigarette? marc, a cigarette? but "navy cut"? i never did smoke those. - you don't smoke? - very strong cigarettes. you shouldn't be holding them. - filterless. - oh! not these ones. excellent, isn't it? in fact actually if you look at this, it borrows that navy cut look, but in fact actually this is a german toy, made in the first quarter of the 20th century, and in fact actually if you look at the...
152
152
Mar 5, 2012
03/12
by
KCSM
tv
eye 152
favorite 0
quote 0
>> that, of course, was michael douglas as the wheeler-dealer gordon gekko in the movie "wall street" 25 years ago. that little speech about the richest 1% and the demise of democracy proved to be prophetic. flesh and blood americans are living now every day with the consequences. >> my name is amanda greubel. i am 32 years old, born and raised in iowa. i've been married for ten years today to my high school sweetheart, josh. he's the high school band director in the same district where i am the family resource center director. we have a 5-year-old son benen, and our second child on the way in december. like a lot american families, we have a lot of debt -- mortgage, two vehicles, and because we both have masters degrees, a lot of student loan debt. >> amanda greubel was invited to testify last summer at a senate hearing on how americans are coping in hard times. when the state cut funding for local school districts, amanda greubel and her husband feared they might lose their jobs. at the last minute, they were spared, although her salary was reduced by $10,000. >> $10,000 might not s
>> that, of course, was michael douglas as the wheeler-dealer gordon gekko in the movie "wall street" 25 years ago. that little speech about the richest 1% and the demise of democracy proved to be prophetic. flesh and blood americans are living now every day with the consequences. >> my name is amanda greubel. i am 32 years old, born and raised in iowa. i've been married for ten years today to my high school sweetheart, josh. he's the high school band director in the same...